Fred A. Merian

Fred A. Merian President
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FRED MERIAN, PRESIDENT.Mr. Merian has been our president since June 2006.He has been the managing partner and founder of Convergence Consultants LLC, a consulting firm based in the Denver, Colorado area since June 2000.Through that firm, he has provided business consulting services to both private and public companies in the areas of corporate development, operations, and finance.From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Merian was the vice president corporate development of Foreland Corporation, a publicly-held oil and gas exploration company based in Denver, Colorado, and from 1995 to 1997, he was the vice president and chief financial officer for Combined Metals Reduction Company, a precious metal mining company in Reno, Nevada.He served as the president and chief operating officer of Vessels Oil & Gas Company, Denver, Colorado, from 1992 to 1995.Mr. Merian worked as a business management consultant to various companies from 1985 to 1992, after having worked with Union Pacific Resources Corporation, Rock Springs, Wyoming, in operations management from 1981 to 1985; Tenneco Oil Company, Denver, Colorado, as a project engineer from 1980 to 1981; and Amoco Production Company, Houston, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a senior engineer and research engineer from 1978 to 1980.Mr. Merian received a bachelor of science degree in geological/petroleum engineering, computer science and mineral economics in 1978 from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

Mr. Fred A. Merian, who joined the Company in 1997, is Manager of Corporate Development for the Company.He has 19 years of oil and gas experience and has held engineering, managerial and executive positions with Amoco Production Company, Tenneco Oil Company, Union Pacific Resources Corporation (Champlin) and recently as President-COO of Vessels Oil and Gas Company.Mr. Merian has had direct finance and operational responsibility for integrated oil and gas project development in most Western States of the U.S..Mr. Merian's technical knowledge coupled with finance and M&A experience has enhanced the Company's corporate development opportunities.Mr. Merian graduated with a degree in Geological Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1978.

Fred Merian